2 h. ago Gen Z are driving Madagascar’s protests. Why are they so angry?

Madagascar's turmoil follows youth-led protest movements around the world in the past few weeks

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16 h. ago Lauren had the perfect life with her husband but eight weeks after getting married, the unthinkable happened

An Australian woman has left the internet in tears with a devastating story that unfolded just weeks after her dream wedding.

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17 h. ago Madagascar President is forced to flee his country 'over fears for his life' after weeks of Gen

Andry Rajoelina said he was sheltering in a 'safe space' in a speech which was broadcast on social media from an undisclosed location.

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25 h. ago Hollywood star spotted filming in Glasgow as city streets transformed into London

A HOLLYWOOD star has been spotted filming on the streets of Glasgow for a new thriller TV series. Bella Ramsey, 22, is set to star in the new Channel 4 show called Maya. It will follow a mum and daughter who are forced to flee London and enter the witness protection programme. Their bid to...

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27 h. ago Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruptionMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled the country on a French military aircraft, hours before he was scheduled to address the people.French state radio RFI reported on Monday that the president, who also has French citizenship, had been flown out of the capital, Antananarivo, after a deal with President Emmanuel Macron. It added that he may have headed for Dubai. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Madagascar president says he fled country in fear for his life

Andry Rajoelina does not announce resignation in speech broadcast on social media after military rebellionMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, said he had fled the country in fear for his life after a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on social media late on Monday from an undisclosed location.The 51-year-old has faced weeks of gen Z-led anti-government protests, which reached a pivotal point on Saturday when an elite military unit joined the protests and called for the president and other ministers to step down. That prompted Rajoelina to say that an illegal attempt to seize power was under way in the Indian Ocean island and leave the country. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Madagascar: Is there a coup and why has the president fled the country?

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly fled the country after an elite military group joined violent anti-government protests

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29 h. ago Is there a coup in Madagascar? What to know as president flees country amid protests

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was due to give an address on national television after soldiers turned against the government in an apparent coup

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32 h. ago The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerousTwo scenes from the past two weeks capture something unsettling – and familiar –about American public life. In San Francisco, a tech billionaire delivered a sold‑out, off‑the‑record lecture series on the antichrist. In Michigan, a man rammed his pickup truck into a Latter‑day Saints meetinghouse during Sunday worship, opened fire and set the building ablaze, apparently believing that Mormons are the antichrist.The antichrist is clearly back. But perhaps he has never really left.Matthew Avery Sutton is a Guggenheim Fellow and author of the forthcoming Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity (Basic Books), in addition to five prior books on Christianity. He is the Claudius O and Mary Johnson distinguished professor and chair of the department of history at Washington State University. The views expressed here are h...

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39 h. ago Taylor Swift brings Caitlin Clark to cheer on Travis Kelce and the Chiefs... hours before 'big announcement' on GMA

Swift has spent the week on a promotional tour for her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, but still made it back in time to watch Kelce and Co take on the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

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52 h. ago Huawei's latest smartwatch designed with battery life lasting three weeks

The HUAWEI WATCH GT 6 Series is the latest product in the tech brand's wearable portfolio

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54 h. ago Madagascar’s president says illegal power grab by military is under way

Soldiers from elite Capsat unit have announced they are taking over after weeks of youth-led protestsMadagascar’s president said an “attempt to seize power illegally and by force” was under way, as an elite military unit that joined protesters on the streets on Saturday announced it was taking over the army.The Capsat unit’s intervention comes after weeks of youth-led protests, which started on 25 September against water and electricity shortages and expanded to calling for the resignation of the president, Andry Rajoelina, an end to corruption and radical overhaul of the political system. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Victoria Beckham's Netflix success leaves bosses eyeing up Spice Girls documentary

Victoria Beckham's Netflix series launched this week, with her opening the doors on family life and her fashion busines - now Netflix reportedly has a new idea in the pipeline

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62 h. ago "They can't just say 'we are going to build on it''': The battle for Barney's Hill

There are fears a small country park on the outskirts of the city centre could be swallowed up in Manchester's biggest-ever regeneration project

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3 d. ago Soldiers from elite Capsat unit join protests against Madagascar’s president

Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowdsThousands of protesters against Madagascar’s president were joined on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon by soldiers from an elite army unit, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on demonstrators.Protesters marched alongside soldiers from the Capsat unit, who drove armoured vehicles, some waving Madagascar flags, from their base in Soanierana in the south of Antananarivo. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'We moved from UK to US and there are 10 things we don't like'

Emily and her family moved from the UK to Florida in the US 12 weeks ago, and although they love their new life, there are certain things they don't approve of about America

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3 d. ago Paris Fury on hilarious reason husband Tyson prefers training camp to life at home

Paris Fury opens up about life at home with Tyson in this weekend's Notebook as well as spilling her beauty secrets including her love of collagen

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift smashes chart records and closes in on The Beatles

The Life Of A Showgirl scores the biggest first week sales of the year in the UK and lands Taylor Swift her 14th chart topper. She is just one behind The Beatles in terms of No1 albums. She has also sold more vinyl than any other artist this century.

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4 d. ago The Guide #212: The Taylor Swift backlash has me asking: how much good music can one artist really produce?

In this week’s newsletter: The mixed response to The Life of a Showgirl is proof that even the biggest star isn’t immune to creative burnoutAmid the flood of discourse around Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, one recurring sentiment jumped out: that the album – which many critics have declared a misstep in Swift’s otherwise consistently solid discography – felt hurried, hasty, rushed. “The Life of a Showgirl Is 40 Minutes of Elevator Music Rushed Out to Break a Beatles Record”, read the particularly savage headline of a piece on Collider. In the Guardian music desk’s excellent round table on the album, just about every panellist expressed a wish that Swift would take a break from the constant churn of releasing records, in order to recapture a lost spark.And it has been quite the churn. Since 2019 Swift has on average released an album a year, and that’s not counting the Taylor’s Version re-records of her older albums. All of this managed alongside a certain billion-dollar-gros...

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4 d. ago Loose Women's Charlene White reveals her dad has taken his own life after 'living with a dark cloud'

The presenter shared the devastating news that her dad took his own life two weeks ago

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